In a statement, Danieli said the micro mill, the second for CMC, would incorporate improved technology based on the companies' operating experience at CMC's first micro mill in Arizona. That mill, which also uses Danieli technology, was commissioned in late 2009.

Danieli said that similar to the Arizona mill, the Oklahoma mill is to include an AC electric arc furnace with continuous scrap feeding; a ladle furnace equipped with a double ladle, ladle lifting and automatic inert gas hook-up; an alloy system; a fume treatment plant; a single-strand continuous casting machine; an induction furnace to equalize billet temperatures prior to entering the rolling mill; a continuous horizontal/vertical rolling mill; a quenching and tempering system; an ultra-compact finishing end system; wire tying machines; and bundle collecting and finishing facilities.

“The location of the mill in Durant, Okla., 80 miles north of Dallas, Texas, will allow us to better serve a growing north Texas market as well as expand into markets in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas and Missouri. The facility will produce low-cost, high-quality steel products, which will complement our existing manufacturing capability to better serve our customers," said Joe Alvarado, CMC's chairman, president and CEO.

"This new micro mill will also complement CMC’s existing recycling and fabrication footprint, enhancing CMC’s ability to further leverage our raw material supply chain and optimize product mix within our existing operations,” he added.

Danieli Automation is to supply the mill's electrical package, which will include an automation system for data analysis and reporting. Danieli Service will provide a maintenance management system, allowing preventive maintenance programs, spare parts, personnel, equipment costs and fault analyses to be managed through an integrated system.

The mill is expected to come online in the fall of 2017.